| Nottingham Forest | Sunderland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Mark Crossley | GK | Tony Coton | ||
| DR | Stuart Pearce | DR | Dariusz Kubicki | ||
| DR | Alf-Inge Haaland | DR | Martin Scott | ||
| DR | Colin Cooper | DR | Michael Gray | ||
| DR | Nikola Jerkan | DR | Andy Melville | ||
| DR | Steve Chettle | DR | Richard Ord | ||
| MD | Chris Bart-Williams | MD | Paul Bracewell | ||
| MD | Steve Stone | MD | Kevin Ball | ||
| S1 | MD | Ian Woan | MD | Steve Agnew | |
| FD | Kevin Campbell | S1 | FD | Paul Stewart | |
| FD | Dean Saunders | S2 | FD | Niall Quinn | |
| Substitute | Substitute | ||||
| S1 | FD | Chris Allen | S1 | FD | Craig Russell |
| FD | S2 | FD | Michael Bridges | ||
| Manager | Manager | ||||
| Frank Clark | Peter Reid | ||||